Women groups dismiss Coe's gender rule defence

Friday, November 09, 2018

Coe says the new rule is fair PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Women’s advocacy groups are not satisfied with IAAF president, Sebastian Coe’s defence of the gender rule.

Coe was in the country on Saturday and Sunday, and defended IAAF’s decision to come up with a rule meant to limit the amount of testosterone in female athletes.

Coe said the decision is based on analysis of samples taken from 2,127 elite male and female athletes from the 2011 and 2013 World Championships.

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